Alex Salmond is the perfect fit for RT – all he needs to do is be himself

The former SNP leader’s style is perfectly in tune with the Kremlin-backed broadaster’s broader goals.

Alex Salmond is far from the first anti-establishment politician to have decided RT (as Russia Today has rebranded) is a good place to air his views – but he may one of the most perfectly suited to the Kremlin–backed news channel’s agenda.

The former Scottish first minister’s talk show will be airing on what has of course become a regular platform for politicians pitching themselves as outsiders. That includes everyone from Nigel Farage to Jeremy Corbyn.